Each year we take turns on where we spend Christmas. This year was our turn to stay in The Netherlands, but we decided to squeeze in a visit to Scotland early in December to spend a couple days with my family in the holiday period too.
Category: Friends & Family
The Repercussions of Surprising the Family
Shocking title to a blog post… I know. I would like to write why such a lovely surprise has turned into me feeling guilty.
Too make it fair, each year we take turns spending time with each other’s family, and Christmas just past it was our turn to come to Scotland. Flashback to November/December 2015, so far I had managed to not bring up any Christmas plans while on the many phone calls with my mum. (This was a huge achievement for me, I can not keep a secret, especially if it’s as big it this one).
Sinterklaas – Hij Komt! Hij Komt!
Sinterklaas and his fellow Pieten arrived safely this weekend in Meppel! – Huge boat, white horse and all! I will be honest… I was slightly gutted we never made the journey to Meppel to see them arrive, but we did watch it on the TV.
Dutch Celebrations
I had the pleasure of attending my first Dutch wedding this weekend, and my experience prompted me to get back into blogging after my little break!
The last two years of being around Dutch people has made me notice a few things about the lovely specimen one being;
Moving to The Netherlands 